Trying to find Jean Forrest

[Gadget]

Hi Ruskie

I did a search on  *rest  J  to avoid the F and still too many come up to really be sure - none in Kirkintilloch and no other females  there before Grace (leaving first name blank).

No female Reid's either (I thought maybe a daughter of mother's sibling).

Very tricky without going laboriously and expensively  through the list   

Maybe the 1911 census will come up with an answer


Gadget

[Ruskie]

Um, very frustrating ... 

How long till the 1911? 

Maybe she was adopted? 

[wildheart83]

From what I know about the family, Grace wasn't the sister of Charles, Jean etc, she was in fact the aunt of them all so it puts Jean after Charles and before the first James to be born in 1911.

However, she wasn't adopted as far as we are aware as the details from her death certificate give month and year of birth as June 1909.

Another thought I had was that Grace and Jean were in fact the same person, but looking at Grace's marriage and death records seem to disprove it.

[Gadget]

Where did Jeannie's mother's family live - maybe Margaret went to have the baby with her family.


Gadget

[wildheart83]

Both Margaret and James's family were from the Kirkintilloch / Kilsyth area, and were listed as being from Twechar at the time of their marriage

[daval57]

Cant help find Jean(nie) but am interested in the Forrest / Kirkintilloch connection.

I have all pre 1855 Forrest birth and marriage records from Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire that are recorded on Scotlands People.

If you can get the Forrest line back to pre 1855, I'll check what I have - might save you a few pennies.

I believe I have all Stirlingshire names on my site.  Dunbartonshire, I have still to input.

James Forrest c1884 m Margaret Hodge c1888 in 1907
Charles Forrest c1857 m Elizabeth Hart c1865 m 1884
Charles parents shown on 1884 marriage as James Forrest and Elizabeth Forrest 

Dave

[sancti]

Who did Jeanie marry?

[wildheart83]

I think i've gone back as far as yourself on the Forrest line to 1855, but I think i'm complicating matters further by also looking at siblings of each person I find

[wildheart83]

Jeannie married a Charles Ebdon, i'm unsure as to when (I'm guessing it was before 1938) but it was in the south of England - Portsmouth / Plymouth / Southampton area we think